Ban Muang is a district (Amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Sakon Nakhon Province

Sakon Nakhon Province

Sakon Nakhon is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Kalasin and Udon Thani...

, northeast Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Ban Dung of Udon Thani Province

Udon Thani Province

Udon Thani is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Nong Bua Lamphu and Loei.- Geography :...

, Fao Rai of Nong Khai Province

Nong Khai Province

Nong Khai is the northernmost of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani and Loei...

, So Phisai and Phon Charoen of Bueng Kan Province

Bueng Kan Province

Bueng Kan is the 76th province of Thailand, established by the Act Establishing Changwat Bueng Kan, BE 2554 which entered into force on and from March 23, 2011. The province, consisting of the districts partitioned off Nong Khai Province, is situated in the northeastern region of the country,...

, Kham Ta Kla, Wanon Niwat and Charoen Sin of Sakon Nakhon Province.

The Songkhram River

Songkhram River

The Songkhram River is the one of tributaries of the Mekong River. It originates in the hills between Nong Han district, Udon Thani Province and Sawang Daen Din district, Sakon Nakhon Province...

 marks the boundary of the district to the west.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on March 20 1968, when the three tambon Mai, Muang and Dong Mo Thong were split off from Wanon Niwat district

Amphoe Wanon Niwat

Wanon Niwat is a district in the northern part of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-Etymology:The name of the district means House of Monkeys, which refers to the old name of the area, Kuk Ling . Ling is the Thai word for monkey, however in this case it is the name of a tree...

. It was upgraded to a full district on November 16 1971.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 9 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 92 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). The subistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) Ban Muang covers parts of the tambon Muang. There are further 9 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Muang	ม่วง	11	8,205
2.	Mai	มาย	9	5,974
3.	Dong Mo Thong	ดงหม้อทอง	11	7,083
4.	Dong Nuea	ดงเหนือ	12	7,125
5.	Dong Mo Thong Tai	ดงหม้อทองใต้	9	8,174
6.	Huai Lua	ห้วยหลัว	9	7,192
7.	Non Sa-at	โนนสะอาด	9	5,321
8.	Nong Kwang	หนองกวั่ง	11	9,118
9.	Bo Kaeo	บ่อแก้ว	11	9,004

External links

• amphoe.com